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sphæric

sphæric is the obsolete spelling of spheric.

Meaning of spheric

Adjective

spheric (comparative more spheric, superlative most spheric)

  1. Spherical.
  2. Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
    • Though the stars were suns, and overburned / Their spheric limitations.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Forms of sphæric

comparativemore sphæric
superlativemost sphæric

Origin of sphæric

From sphære + -ic.

Words formed from sphæric

Questions about sphæric

What is sphæric the obsolete spelling of?
Sphæric is the obsolete spelling of spheric.

Words near sphæric in the dictionary

  1. sphyraenoid
  2. sphyrnid
  3. sphyrnids
  4. sphære
  5. sphæres
  6. sphæric
  7. sphærical
  8. sphæroid
  9. sphæroidal
  10. sphæroids
  11. SPI

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sphæric (page history and authors); spheric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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